2019 Masters (darts), Qualifiers
The Masters only features the top 16 Players in the PDC Order of Merit after the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship:. Darren Webster, Joe Cullen, and Jonny Clayton made their debuts in the event, while Adrian Lewis returned after a one-year absence. World number four Gary Anderson withdrew with a back injury and was replaced in the draw by seventeenth-ranked Stephen Bunting, who therefore qualified for the first time since 2016.


2019 Masters (darts), Prize money
The prize money was £200,000 in total, which was the same as in 2018.


2019 Masters (snooker)
The 2019 Masters (also referred to as the 2019 Dafabet Masters for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 13 and 20 January 2019 in London, England and the second of three Triple Crown events in the 2018–19 snooker season. It was the 45th staging of the Masters, and was broadcast in Europe by the BBC and Eurosport.


2019 Masters (snooker)
In his first appearance in a Masters final, Judd Trump lifted the title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan. Trump led throughout, taking a 7–1 lead after the afternoon session and, despite two century breaks from his opponent, won the match 10–4. It was O'Sullivan's heaviest defeat in his thirteen Masters finals.


2019 Masters (snooker)
Luca Brecel made the highest break of the tournament, 140, in his first round 6–5 victory against defending champion Mark Allen.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary
The 2019 Masters was the second Triple Crown event of the 2018/2019 snooker season, after the 2018 UK Championship, and was held between 13 and 20 January 2019. The Masters event is an invitational tournament, with the top 16 competitors from the snooker world rankings competing. Defending champion Mark Allen was seeded first with world champion Mark Williams seeded second. The remaining places were allocated based on the world rankings after the 2018 UK Championship. Jack Lisowski was making his Masters debut.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary
As in previous years, the top eight seeds were allocated fixed positions in the draw. The rest of the draw was made by drawing lots during the final of the 2018 UK Championship. With the exception of the final, all matches were played as best-of-11-frame matches.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
The highest two seeds lost in the first round. Mark Allen, the defending champion, seeded 1, lost 5–6 to Luca Brecel in the opening match. Brecel led 3–1 before Allen levelled the match at 3–3 with a break of 136. Brecel went ahead winning frame seven (with the tournament high break of 140) and frame nine, but Allen levelled each time by winning frames eight and 10. Brecel took the deciding frame with a break of 58. It was Brecel's first win at the Masters, having lost to Allen in the first round when making his Masters debut the previous year.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
The first round match between two Triple Crown winners saw Neil Robertson beat world champion and second seed, Mark Williams 6–3. Williams gained a 3–1 lead and led 57–0 with 59 points left on the table, when he missed a pot on the brown ball which would have won the frame. Robertson made a 59 clearance and then won the remaining four frames of the match.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
Two-time Masters winner and fifth seed John Higgins also lost on the opening day, 5–6 to Ryan Day. Higgins led 3–1 but Day won the next three frames to take the lead at 4–3. Day won the final frame with a break of 128, the highest of the match. Ding Junhui took the first five frames of his match against debutant Jack Lisowski, and won 6–1. Ding took advantage of a poor performance from Lisowski, saying, "You have to punish your opponent", after Lisowski's highest break of the match scored 60.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, First round
The other four first-round matches all finished 6–2. Stuart Bingham took the opening frame against Ronnie O'Sullivan, however O'Sullivan won the next five, scoring two century breaks. Barry Hawkins defeated Shaun Murphy after winning the first five frames, while Judd Trump beat Kyren Wilson after also taking the opening five frames. To close out the first round, three-time Masters champion Mark Selby defeated Stephen Maguire, despite losing the first frame. Selby made three century breaks and two other breaks above 90.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
In the first quarter-final, Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ryan Day 6–3. Leading 66–0 in frame eight, Day had a chance to level the match at 4–4. However, he misjudged a safety shot and O'Sullivan took advantage with a 78 clearance and then made a break of 92 in the next frame to reach his 14th Masters semi-final.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Ding Junhui came through 6–5 against Luca Brecel to reach just his third Masters semi-final, and his first since winning in 2011. With the scores level at 4–4, Ding was forced to concede frame nine; despite being able to make contact with a red ball, he failed to make contact on three consecutive occasions, thus breaking the three miss rule. However, after winning frame 10, he then won the deciding frame with a break of 65 after Brecel had missed a simple red to the middle pocket.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Judd Trump beat Mark Selby 6–2. Trump won the opening two frames which together lasted over an hour. Selby won frame three but Trump took the next three to lead 5–1. Selby won frame seven with a break of 110, but Trump won the match after a 40-minute frame eight. Trump reached his fourth Masters semi-final, having lost his three previous semi-final matches.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Neil Robertson lost the first two frames against Barry Hawkins but won the next five to lead 5–2. Hawkins took frame eight with a 66 clearance but Robertson won frame nine with a break of 72 to win 6–3 and reach his fourth Masters semi-final.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 6–3 in the first semi-final, his 13th Masters semi-final win in 14 attempts. O'Sullivan won the first four frames of the match. Ding then took the next three, winning frame six with a break of 107 and frame seven with a break of 122. In frame seven, Ding potted the 15 red and black balls, before fluking the yellow ball but then missed a difficult shot on the green ball to the middle pocket missing out on the 147th maximum break in snooker history. O'Sullivan responded by taking frame eight and won the match with a break of 93 in frame nine.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Following the match, O'Sullivan consoled Ding, as he had done twelve years earlier at the 2007 Masters final. Ding later said that O'Sullivan's cue ball control won the match. He revealed, "At the end he [O'Sullivan] said he loves me and it is great to play Ronnie because I can see how good my game is. He beat me on the safety play today."


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Judd Trump beat Neil Robertson 6–4 in the second semi-final to reach his first Masters final. Trump quickly won two frames before Robertson levelled the match at 2–2, winning a scrappy third frame and then making a 127 clearance in frame four. Trump won three of the next four frames before Robertson had another break of 127. Robertson missed a difficult red in frame 10, after which Trump made a 49 break to win the match.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
The final saw Judd Trump against Ronnie O'Sullivan on 20 January 2019. The match was played over two sessions of play in a best-of-19-frame match. The final was refereed by Jan Verhaas, his eighth Masters final.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
Trump won the first four frames to take a 4–0 lead, with O'Sullivan not scoring a point until the third frame. O'Sullivan won the first frame after the interval, but Trump won the following three frames and took a 7–1 lead going into the evening session. O'Sullivan later won frames nine and 11 with a break of 114, but Trump won frames 10 and 12 with breaks of 88 and 68, to take a 9–3 lead at the interval. O'Sullivan won the first frame after the interval with a break of 109, however Trump won frame 14 with a break of 53 to win the match 10–4.


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
After the final, Trump said that he was "sick of watching other players win". O'Sullivan commented that Trump "is a great talent and should be winning tournaments". BBC broadcaster and former UK Championship winner John Virgo commented that Trump had "come of age" with the victory. Trump celebrated the victory with his family, including his brother and training partner Jack Trump, saying: "My brother Jack gave up his job to help me on tour this season, it has been amazing to have him with me, making me practice. With my mum and dad, it makes for a family success."


2019 Masters (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
Immediately after receiving his runners up medal from Barry Hearn, O'Sullivan dismissed his medal, giving it to a member of the crowd. AS Roma striker Stephan El Shaarawy attended the final match between his "favourite players", having scored against Torino the day before.


2019 Masters (snooker), Prize fund
The event's total prize pool was identical to that of the previous year. The highest break prize of £10,000 was won by Luca Brecel, for his 140 break in the first round match against Mark Allen. The breakdown of prize money is shown below:


2019 Masters (snooker), Century breaks
A total of 24 century breaks were made during the tournament, the highest of which a 140 by Luca Brecel.


2019 Masters (snooker), Coverage
The tournament was broadcast live in the United Kingdom by BBC Sport, as well as on EuroSport in Europe. Worldwide, the event was covered by China Central Television and Superstars Online in China and Sky Sports in New Zealand. NowTV simulcasted the event in Hong Kong with additional commentary. The event was the first Snooker event to feature titantron videos on player entrances.


2019 Masters Tournament
The 2019 Masters Tournament was the 83rd edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of golf's four major championships in 2019, held between April 11 and 14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.


2019 Masters Tournament
Tiger Woods won his fifth Green Jacket, and fifteenth major, by one stroke ahead of three runners-up. It left him one shy of Jack Nicklaus' record six Masters wins, and three short of his record eighteen major wins. At age 43, he became the eleventh oldest player to win a major, and the second oldest Masters winner, again only bettered by Nicklaus who won at age 46. It was 11 years after his last major win, the 2008 U.S. Open, and 14 years since his last Masters win beating the previous record of 13 years held by Gary Player. Due to the high profile of Woods, and his storied fall from the top of the game due to personal issues and injuries, the victory generated a large  amount of publicity around the world, and is regarded as one of the great sporting comebacks.


2019 Masters Tournament
Woods only emerged to lead the tournament in the final round, when Francesco Molinari, who had been leading the tournament for a long period hit his ball into the water on the 12th hole, and then again on the 15th after hitting a tree. It meant it was the first time Woods won a major when not leading after the 54th hole.


2019 Masters Tournament
Most of the media, and the Las Vegas bookmakers, placed Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, and Dustin Johnson the pre-tournament favorites. McIlroy, the only player to finish in the top ten in the previous five Masters, came into the tournament as the Players champion and with 7 consecutive top-10 PGA Tour finishes, but could only finish tied for 21st. Two-time runner-up Rose came in as world number one, but missed the cut. Johnson, who came in as world number two, and had a dominant win in the 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship, finished tied for second.


2019 Masters Tournament
A Masters record 65 players made the cut, including three amateurs. The leading amateur, and winner of the Silver Cup, was Norwegian Viktor Hovland who had qualified as the U.S. Amateur champion. He finished tied for 32nd at 3-under-par.


2019 Masters Tournament
It was also the first time 3 players had shot 64 or better in a single round at the Masters, as Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau, and Webb Simpson all shot 64 in the third round. This was partly attributed by the media to the soft conditions, lack of wind and accessible pin positions.


2019 Masters Tournament, Field
The Masters has the smallest field of the four major championships. Officially, the Masters remains an invitation event, but there is a set of qualifying criteria that determines who is included in the field. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, with other categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.


2019 Masters Tournament, Field
Golfers who qualify based solely on their performance in amateur tournaments (categories 6–10) must remain amateurs on the starting day of the tournament to be eligible to play.


2019 Masters Tournament, Field
Ángel Cabrera, Fred Couples, Sergio García (17,18), Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (3), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (15,16,17,18), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Patrick Reed (11,12,16,17,18), Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (14,17,18), Vijay Singh, Jordan Spieth (2,3,11,17,18), Bubba Watson (11,15,16,17,18), Mike Weir, Danny Willett, Tiger Woods (14,15,16,17,18), Ian Woosnam


2019 Masters Tournament, Field
Tony Finau (16,17,18), Rickie Fowler (15,16,17,18), Charley Hoffman, Marc Leishman (15,16,17,18), Louis Oosthuizen (17,18), Jon Rahm (14,16,17,18), Justin Rose (13,15,16,17,18), Cameron Smith (16,17,18)


2019 Masters Tournament, Field
Keegan Bradley (16,17,18), Paul Casey (16,17,18), Corey Conners, Bryson DeChambeau (16,17,18), J. B. Holmes (18), Charles Howell III (18), Michael Kim, Satoshi Kodaira (17), Matt Kuchar (17,18), Andrew Landry, Adam Long, Keith Mitchell, Kevin Na (16,17), Brandt Snedeker (17,18), Kevin Tway, Aaron Wise (16)


2019 Masters Tournament, Field
Patrick Cantlay (17,18), Billy Horschel (17,18), Patton Kizzire, Hideki Matsuyama (17,18), Kyle Stanley (17,18), Gary Woodland (17,18)


2019 Masters Tournament, Field
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (18), Lucas Bjerregaard (18), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (18), Matthew Fitzpatrick (18), Branden Grace (18), Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton (18), Li Haotong (18), Alex Norén (18), Thorbjørn Olesen, Eddie Pepperell (18), Ian Poulter (18), Matt Wallace (18)


2019 Masters Tournament, Par 3 contest
Matt Wallace won the par-3 contest on the third playoff hole against Sandy Lyle after both players finished with a score of 22 (−5). Wallace made a hole-in-one on the 8th hole, while three other aces were recorded by Mark O'Meara, Shane Lowry, and amateur Devon Bling. Wallace missed the 36-hole cut by five strokes.


2019 Masters Tournament, Weather
Thursday: Partly cloudy. High of 84 °F/29 °C. Wind SE 10-15 mph.


2019 Masters Tournament, Weather
Friday: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. High of 84 °F/29 °C. Wind SSE 5-10 mph. Play was suspended at 5:05 p.m. due to dangerous weather and resumed at 5:34 p.m., a delay of 29 minutes.


2019 Masters Tournament, Weather
Saturday: Mostly cloudy. High of 85 °F/29 °C. Wind SE 5-10 mph.


2019 Masters Tournament, Weather
Sunday: Play began at 7:30 a.m. due to threat of thunderstorms. Cloudy with scattered showers. High of 80 °F/27 °C. Wind SSE 15-20 mph, with gusts to 25 mph.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, First round
Bryson DeChambeau and reigning PGA Championship and U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka tied for the lead at 66 (−6). DeChambeau's round included six birdies in his final seven holes. One stroke behind was three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson with world number two Dustin Johnson and Ian Poulter two behind. Ten players were tied for 11th place at 70 (−2), including two of the pre-tournament favorites, Rickie Fowler and Tiger Woods. Defending champion Patrick Reed opened with 73 (+1).


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Second round
Five players, all major champions, shared the lead at the end of the second day. First-round co-leader Brooks Koepka struggled early with two bogeys and a double, but recovered with three birdies to score 71 (−1). Jason Day and Francesco Molinari both scored 67 (−5), while Louis Oosthuizen shot the second best round of the day, 66 (−6). 2013 champion Adam Scott shot a 68 (−4) that included an eagle on the par-5 15th. In the group one back were Dustin Johnson, Tiger Woods, and Xander Schauffele who shot a 65 (−7), the lowest round of the first two days. Woods, seeking his first major since the 2008 U.S. Open, made two front-nine bogeys in a round of 68 (−4). The other first round co-leader, Bryson DeChambeau, struggled with a 75 (+3) while Phil Mickelson followed up his opening round 67 (−5) with a 73 (+1).


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Second round
There was a 29-minute delay during the afternoon because of thunderstorms in the area. Players remained on the course during the delay. The Masters has a "10 shot rule" whereby all players within 10 shots of the leaders make the 36-hole cut. With the leaders on 137 (−7) the cut was at 147 (+3). 65 players made the cut, the most since the cut was introduced in 1957. Four amateurs made the cut, the most since 1999. World number one Justin Rose was among the players to miss the cut, his first missed cut in his 14th appearance. Also missing the cut was 1991 Masters Champion Ian Woosnam, who announced his retirement as an active Masters competitor shortly after completion of play.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Hovland (−1), Ortiz (E), Bling (+3), Kanaya (+3), O'Connell (+4), Rebula (+8)


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Third round
Francesco Molinari, part of a five-way tie for the lead at the start of the round, made four straight birdies from holes 12 to 15 on his way to a round of 66 (−6) and a two-shot lead after 54 holes. Tony Finau began his round with three straight birdies and made an eagle at the par-5 8th hole, tying the Masters record with 30 on the front-nine. He ended up with a round of 64 (−8), one off the course record, to jump into a tie for second. Four-time Masters champion Tiger Woods was one-over through 5 holes before birdieing 6 to 8, and after three more birdies on the back-nine shot 67 (−5) to join Finau at 11 under par.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Third round
Webb Simpson and Patrick Cantlay also shot 64, the first time in Masters history three rounds of 64 or better were shot on the same day. The field combined to shoot 80-under for the round, the lowest in tournament history.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Due to the threat of thunderstorms forecast for the final day, the players were grouped into threesomes with tee times at 7:30 a.m. EDT off the first and tenth tees; the leaders teed off at 9:20 a.m.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Francesco Molinari held the lead throughout the first eleven holes before his tee shot at No. 12 came up well short and rolled back into Rae's Creek, leading to a double bogey and a tie with Tiger Woods at 11 under par. As the final threesome played No. 15, Molinari, Woods, Xander Schauffele, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka were tied at −12, but none of the latter three recorded another birdie and Molinari hit into the water again at the 15th before Woods birdied the hole.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Woods doubled his advantage at 16, after his tee shot came within mere inches of going in before stopping three feet away from the cup, and made a tap-in par at 17. Needing only a bogey at the 18th to clinch the tournament, Woods chipped on and two-putted for the 5 and a 2-under-par 70 for the win. It was the first time that Woods had won a major championship when he was trailing after 54 holes.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Woods became the fifth player to have a gap of over a decade between major wins. The others were Henry Cotton, Julius Boros, Hale Irwin and Ben Crenshaw.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Timeline of key events
Most of the leaders entered Amen corner in or around par for the round. Patrick Cantlay scored 3 under par through the first eleven holes to move up the leaderboard. Some commentators were suggesting Francesco Molinari was showing the same composure that enabled him to win the 2018 Open Championship.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Timeline of key events
Brooks Koepka and Ian Poulter both find Rae's Creek on the 12th to score double bogeys. After a birdie on the 15th, backing up birdies on the 2nd, 7th, 8th, and 13th, Jason Day reaches 10 under par.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Timeline of key events
Bubba Watson makes an eagle on the 15th, to back up birdies on the 13th and 14th and charge up the leaderboard.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Timeline of key events
The leading group tee up on the par 3 12th, with the wind swirling. Francesco Molinari targets the flag and lands on the false front to roll back into Rae's Creek. Tiger Woods hits the centre of the green, after deciding not to go for the flag. Tony Finau goes for the flag, finding Rae's Creek as well. Molinari and Finau, like Koepka and Poulter before them, end up with a double bogey on the 12th, severely hurting their chances of victory.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Timeline of key events
Brooks Koepka bounces back from his double bogey on 12, to eagle the 13th. Jon Rahm birdies the 16th to go four under for the round, and 10 under overall. Xander Schuffele birdies the 14th, and Patrick Cantlay eagles the 15th to move into joint lead.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Timeline of key events
Viktor Hovland of Norway wins the Silver Cup for low amateur. Hovland shot 71 to end the week at −3, one shot ahead of Mexican Alvaro Ortiz.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Timeline of key events
Tiger Woods and Francesco Molinari birdie the 13th to move into a share of the lead, whilst Patrick Cantlay bogeys the 16th to move out of the leading pack.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Timeline of key events
Jason Day birdies the last to finish with a 67, −11 overall, to set the clubhouse lead


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Timeline of key events
Dustin Johnson birdies the 17th, to back up birdies on the 13th, 15th and 16th and join the leaders at 12 under par. Rickie Fowler also birdies the 17th, to back up birdies on the 13th, 14th and 15th and sit one shot behind.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Timeline of key events
Francesco Molinari drives into the trees on the 15th, and follows up with a misplaced lay-up. Playing from a tricky angle he hits an overhanging branch and his ball lands the pond guarding the front of the green. He ends up with a double bogey. Tiger Woods makes birdie to take sole lead of the tournament.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Timeline of key events
After a birdie on the 16th, and a par on the 17th, Tiger Woods heads to the 18th knowing a bogey is all he needs to win his 5th Masters.


2019 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Timeline of key events
Tiger Woods bogeys the 18th, to win the Masters by one shot.


2019 Masters Tournament, Aftermath, Reaction from Woods
As is traditional, Woods was interviewed in Butler Cabin, where he discussed his victory:


2019 Match Premier Cup
The 2019 Match Premier Cup was the first edition of Match Premier Cup, a friendly association football tournament played in the Qatar.


2019 Match Premier Cup (summer)
The 2019 Match Premier Cup was the second edition of Match Premier Cup, a friendly association football tournament played in Austria.


2019 Maui Invitational Tournament
The 2019 Maui Invitational Tournament was an early-season college basketball tournament played for the 36th time. The tournament began in 1984, and was part of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Championship Round was played at the Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii from November 25 to 27, 2019.


2019 Mauritanian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 22 June 2019, with a second round planned for 6 July if no candidate had received more than 50% of the vote. The result was a first round victory for Mohamed Ould Ghazouani who won with 52 percent of the vote. However, opposition rejected the results, calling it "another army coup." On 1 July 2019, Mauritania's constitutional council confirmed Ghazouani as president and rejected a challenge by opposition.


2019 Mauritanian presidential election
With incumbent President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz not running, the elections were reported to be the first peaceful transfer of power since the country's independence from France in 1960.


2019 Mauritanian presidential election, Aftermath
Following Ould Ghazouani's declaration of victory, protests began were held in Nouakchott, leading to around 100 arrests. The government started to reduce mobile internet services on the day after the elections, with fixed-line internet services ceasing on 25 June; both were fully restored on 3 July.


2019 Mauritian general election
General elections were held in Mauritius on 7 November 2019. The result was a victory for the Mauritian Alliance (a coalition of the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM), Muvman Liberater, Alan Ganoo Movement and Plateforme Militante), which won 42 of the 70 seats. Pravind Jugnauth of the MSM remained Prime Minister.


2019 Mauritian general election, Electoral system
The National Assembly has 62 elected members elected in 20 three-seat constituencies and one two-seat constituency (the island of Rodrigues). The elections are held using the block vote system, whereby voters have as many votes as there are seats available.


2019 Mauritian general election, Electoral system
In addition to the elected members, the Electoral Supervisory Commission has the power to appoint a further eight members. The additional members are chosen from amongst the unsuccessful candidates who received the highest number of votes, and are appointed with the aim of balancing the parliamentary representation of different ethnic groups.


2019 Mauritian general election, Results
The ruling Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) won over half of the seats in Parliament, meaning incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, who took over from his father Anerood Jugnauth in 2017, will serve a full five-year term as Prime Minister.


2019 Mauritian general election, Results
Of the 62 directly-elected seats, the MSM won 38, the Labour Party won 14, the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) won 8, and the Rodrigues People's Organisation (OPR) won 2 seats from the island of Rodrigues.


2019 Mauritian general election, Aftermath
Following the announcement of the results and the formation of a new government, several legal petitions were lodged in Supreme Court challenging the validity of the results, claiming electoral irregularities, a lack of transparency, undue influence by political activists and allegations of fraud and electoral bribery. The presence of independent monitors was claimed to have been ineffective. The government was also criticised for its intensive use of state media.


2019 Mauritian general election, Aftermath
Murdered activist Kistnen was rumoured to be about to disclose details of how 1,200 Bangladeshi nationals had been taken to vote multiple times in different constituencies and that the MNMM had exceeded spending limits. However, according to international observers from the SADC and from the French diplomacy, the election was free and fair.


2019 Maya Awards
The 5th Maya Awards was an awarding ceremony presented by the Maya Channel Magazine, giving recognition to the Thai entertainment industry in the fields of music, film, television and drama for their achievements in the year 2019.


2019 Maya Awards
The awards night was held at the CDC Crystal Grand Ballroom, Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday, 19 September 2019.


2019 Mayo County Council election
A Mayo County Council election was held in County Mayo, Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 30 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.


2019 Mayo County Council election
The 2018 LEA boundary review committee significantly altered the LEAs used in the 2014 elections. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a maximum LEA size of seven councillors, less than the eight seats of two 2014 LEAs. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census. The changes were enacted by statutory instrument (S.I.) No. 627/2018.


2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship
The 2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship was the 118th edition of the Mayo GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Mayo, Ireland. Sixteen teams competed with the winners going on to represent Mayo in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship. The championship started with a group stage and progressed to a knock out stage. The winners received the Paddy Moclair Cup.


2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship
Belmullet returned to the top-flight for the first time in over 40 years (they last claimed the I.F.C. title in 1974), having claimed the 2018 Mayo Intermediate Football Championship title with a final victory over Burrishoole.


2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship
Ballintubber were the defending champions after they defeated Breaffy in the 2018 final. They successfully defended their title and claimed a "2-in-a-row" of Paddy Moclair Cups and their 5th overall when defeating Ballaghaderreen in the final at McHale Park.


2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship
Hollymount-Carramore were relegated to the 2020 I.F.C. after 4 seasons in the top-flight of Mayo football when losing their Relegation Final to Moy Davitts.


2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
As 2018 Intermediate Champions, Belmullet were promoted to the Senior Championship for 2019. They took the place of Crossmolina Deel Rovers, who were relegated from the 2019 I.F.C. at the end of the 2018 season.


2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship, Clubs
The 2019 Championship was contested by 16 clubs: 4 of them from South Mayo, 4 from North Mayo, 4 from West Mayo, 4 from East Mayo.


2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship, Group stage
All 16 teams entered the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group qualified for the Quarter-Finals while the bottom team of each group entered a Relegation Playoff. All teams played one home match, one away match and one match at a neutral venue. In the event of two teams finishing on the same points total, placings were decided by head-to-head record between the teams, then by scoring difference.


2019 Mayo Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoffs
The four teams who finished bottom of their groups entered the relegation play-offs, with the two losers of the semi-finals meeting in the relegation play-off final. All games are played at neutral venues.


2019 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
The 2019 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game that was played on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, home of the Atlanta Hawks. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in the class of 2019. The game was the 42nd annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1977. Cole Anthony of the East had 14 points, five rebounds and seven assists, and was named the game's most valuable player (MVP).


2019 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
The 24 players were selected from 2,500 nominees by a committee of basketball experts. They were chosen not only for their on-court skills, but for their performances off the court as well. Coach Morgan Wootten, who had more than 1,200 wins as head basketball coach at DeMatha Catholic High School, was chairman of the selection committee.


2019 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, Rosters
When the rosters were announced on January 24, 2019, Arizona, Duke, Florida, Kentucky, and Villanova had two selectees, while the rest of the schools had one. At the announcement of roster selections, only 13 schools were represented and had 6 players uncommitted. The two highest rated players (Cole Anthony) was named to the East team. The West team was highlighted by (James Wiseman). On January 21, Isaiah Stewart committed to Washington during the 2019 Spalding Hoophall Classic. On February 11, Anthony Edwards committed to play for Georgia. On April 19, Matthew Hurt committed to Duke (joining Moore and Carey Jr). On April 23, Cole Anthony committed to North Carolina. (joining Bacot) On May 17, Achiuwa committed to Memphis. On May 20, Watford committed to LSU. On May 21, McDaniels committed to Washington.


2019 McGrath Cup
The 2019 McGrath Cup is a Gaelic football competition in the province of Munster, played by county teams.


2019 McGrath Cup
Four county teams competed in 2019, with Tipperary and Kerry sitting the competition out. Clare were the winners, their first win in 11 years.


2019 McGrath Cup, Format
Four teams compete. The contest is a straight knock-out. Drawn games go to extra time and possibly a free-taking competition.


2019 McNeese State Cowboys baseball team
The 2019 McNeese State Cowboys baseball team represented McNeese State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cowboys played their home games at Joe Miller Ballpark. They, along with the LSU Tigers baseball team, and the Southern University baseball team, were the only three teams in the state to make it to the NCAA Tournament. They were also the lone member from the Southland Conference.


2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team
The 2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team represents McNeese State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cowboys are led by first-year head coach Sterlin Gilbert and play their home games at Cowboy Stadium in Lake Charles, Louisiana.


2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team, Previous season
The Cowboys finished the 2018 season 6–5, 5–4 in Southland play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.


2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team, Previous season
On November 20, head coach Lance Guidry was fired. He finished at McNeese State with a three-year record of 21–12. On December 5, the school hired South Florida offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert as head coach.


2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team, Preseason, Preseason poll
The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Cowboys were picked to finish in sixth place.


2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team, Preseason, Preseason All–Southland Teams
The Cowboys placed three players on the preseason all–Southland teams.


2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team, Game summaries, at Nicholls
at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium, Thibodaux, LA


2019 Meath County Council election
A Meath County Council election was held in County Meath in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 40 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.


2019 Meath County Council election
The 2018 LEA boundary review committee kept the LEAs used in the 2014 elections, with some boundary adjustments necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census. The changes were enacted by statutory instrument (S.I.) 628/2018, which was later amended by S.I. No. 8/2019.


2019 Meath County Council election
Fine Gael lost 1 seat but remained the largest party with 12 seats overall but with an increased vote share. Fianna Fáil gained 2 seats overall to return with 12 seats also but their vote share reduced compared to 2014. Sinn Féin had a very poor election losing 5 seats overall and being reduced to having representation solely in Ashbourne, Kells and Navan. One of the Sinn Féin losses in Navan was to Emma Tóibín, a sister of Peadar Tóibín TD. Through Annie Hoey, Labour regained a seat on the Council in Laytown-Bettystown and in Trim Ronan Moore won a seat for the Social Democrats. The number Independent councillors increased from 9 to 10.


2019 Meath County Council election
Sharon Keogan secured election in both the Ashbourne LEA and the Laytown-Bettystown LEA, becoming the first woman in Ireland elected to two electoral areas. She initially objected to being required to choose one of two seats, but later chose Laytown-Bettystown. The Ashbourne seat was filled by a controversial co-option.


2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The 2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 93rd edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for Intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 18 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Longwood (who in 2019 will compete at senior level) were the previous years champions after they defeated Ballinlough in the 2018 decider.


2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Blackhall Gaels return to the I.F.C. for the first time since 2001, after suffering relegation from the S.F.C. in 2018. Their 17 year tenure in the top-flight brought a Keegan Cup triumph to the club in 2003.


2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
St. Peter's Dunboyne 'B's were promoted to the middle grade after claiming the J.F.C. crown in 2018 with an extra-time final victory over St. Vincent's. This is the first time that a reserve side from the club has been ranked in the I.F.C. They now join Donaghmore/Ashbourne 'B's as the two clubs with reserve sides in the I.F.C.


2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
On 26 October 2019, Nobber claimed their third I.F.C. title and secured their return to senior ranks for the first time since 2013 when defeating Trim 4-16 to 0-13 in the final at Pairc Tailteann. Brian Farrell and Brendan Heffernan raised the Mattie McDonnell Cup as joint-captains while Thomas Murtagh claimed the "Man-of-the-Match" award for his performance.


2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 4 March 2019 with the games commencing on 4 April 2019.


2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.


2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Participating teams
The teams taking part in the 2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship are:


2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage
There are three groups of six teams called Group A, B and C. The 1st and 2nd placed teams in Groups A, B and C along with the 3rd placed team in Group A automatically qualify for the Quarter-Finals. The third placed teams in Groups B and C engage in the Preliminary Quarter-Final to determine the team that completes the Quarter-Finals lineup. There will be no Relegation Play-Off in 2019.


2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage
The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 4 March 2019 with the games commencing on 4 April 2019.


2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage, Group A
Meath Hill are ranked above Oldcastle due to the head-to-head result between the two teams.


2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage, Group B
Trim are ranked above Castletown due to the head-to-head result between the two sides.


2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage, Group C
Head-to-head results can't separate Dunderry, Duleek/Bellewstown and Walterstown so each team's score difference comes into effect.


2019 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock-Out Stage
The 1st and 2nd placed teams in Groups A, B and C along with the 3rd placed team in Group A automatically qualify for the Quarter-Finals. The third placed teams in Groups B and C engage in the Preliminary Quarter-Final to determine the team that completes the Quarter-Finals lineup.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship
The 2019 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 127th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Meath, Ireland. 18 teams compete, with the winner representing Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship
St. Peter's Dunboyne were the defending champions after they defeated Summerhill in the 2018 final to claim their third S.F.C. crown. However, the defence of their title was disappointing, failing to proceed past the group stages.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship
This was Longwood's return to the top flight for the first time in 76 years after claiming the 2018 Meath Intermediate Football Championship. Longwood last won the I.F.C. in 1942 and after spending one season in the senior grade in 1943, they were regraded to the J.F.C. for 1944.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship
Longwood, Rathkenny and St. Patrick's were relegated back to the I.F.C. for 2020 after spending just one, 13 and 19 seasons respectively in the top-flight of Meath club football when losing a relegation play-off.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship
On 27 October 2019, Ratoath claimed their first ever S.F.C. title after just four years as a senior club when defeating Summerhill 3-15 to 2-13 in the final at Pairc Tailteann. Ciarán Ó Fearraigh became the first Ratoath captain to lift the Keegan Cup while Joey Wallace claimed the "Man-of-the-Match" award for his performance. The match was refereed by David Gough.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship
The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 4 March 2019 with the games commencing on 4 April 2019.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship, Participating Teams
The teams taking part in the 2019 Meath Senior Football Championship are:


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship, Group Stage
There are three groups of six teams called Group A, B and C. The 1st and 2nd placed teams in Groups A, B and C along with the 3rd placed team in Group A automatically qualify for the Quarter-Finals. The third placed teams in Groups B and C engage in the Preliminary Quarter-Final to determine the team that completes the Quarter-Finals lineup. The 5th and 6th placed teams will proceed to the Relegation Play-Off to determine which three teams will suffer relegation.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship, Group Stage
The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 4 March 2019 with the games commencing on 4 April 2019.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship, Group Stage
Tiebreakers:If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria would be applied:


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship, Group Stage
All Football Championships and Leagues shall be run on a combination of a league and knockout basis under Rule 6.21 T.O. Where teams finish equal with points for qualification or relegation process for concluding stages, the positioning shall be decided as follows;


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship, Group Stage, Group A
Skryne ranked ahead of Dunshaughlin and Navan O'Mahony's due to head-to-head results against the three sides.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship, Group Stage, Group A
Dunshaughlin are ranked ahead of Navan O'Mahony's as they won the head-to-head game between the two teams.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship, Group Stage, Group B
Head-to-head results could not separate Summerhill, Ratoath and Donaghmore/Ashbourne, so each team's score difference came into effect.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship, Group Stage, Group C
Na Fianna are ranked above Curraha due to the head-to-head result between the two teams.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship, Knock-Out Stage
The 1st and 2nd placed teams in Groups A, B and C along with the 3rd placed team in Group A automatically qualify for the Quarter-Finals. The third placed teams in Groups B and C engage in the Preliminary Quarter-Final to determine the team that completes the Quarter-Finals lineup.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship, Relegation Play-Off
Due to the 2019 modifications of the club football structure in Meath ratified by the Co. Board in early January 2019, this season 3 clubs shall be relegated to the 2020 Meath I.F.C. in order to leave 16 clubs competing for the 2020 Meath S.F.C.


2019 Meath Senior Football Championship, Relegation Play-Off
The Relegation Play-Off will consist of the 5th and 6th placed finishers in Groups A, B and C. The three winners shall retain their senior status while the three losers shall be relegated to the Intermediate championship.


2019 Medan suicide bombing
A suicide bombing was conducted in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on 13 November 2019, targeting the city's metropolitan police (Polrestabes) headquarters. No person other than the attacker was killed in the attack, though six others were injured. The single attacker was affiliated with the Jamaah Ansharut Daulah.


2019 Medan suicide bombing, Bombing
The attack on the Medan Police's headquarters occurred on 13 November 2019, at around 8:40 AM, shortly after the conclusion of a routine morning roll call by the police officers. The explosion occurred within the grounds of the headquarters but outside the building itself. According to reports, the attacker had blended in with a group queueing to obtain certificates of good conduct before detonating the bomb in the parking lot. Other eyewitness accounts reported the attacker wearing a jacket and backpack, and that he had attempted to rush through police examination at the building's entrance.


2019 Medan suicide bombing, Bombing
The attacker was initially believed to be a lone wolf, and the explosion injured four police officers and two civilians aside from killing the attacker. In the aftermath of the explosion, police recovered the attacker's body parts, nails, and parts of the explosive device.


2019 Medan suicide bombing, Perpetrator
Though his body was blown up, the perpetrator was identified from fingerprints as a 24-year old resident of the city, Rabbial Muslim Nasution, who had recently been an online motorcycle driver. Initial investigations explored Nasution's connections with the Islamic State-affiliated Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), and several of his family members were questioned by police. His body was buried in the city, despite objections. According to his parents-in-law, Nasution had shown a significant change in behavior in the six months leading up to the suicide attack, which police officials linked to indoctrination by a cleric, who was being sought after by Polri.


2019 Medan suicide bombing, Perpetrator
Police later reported that Nasution's wife had planned another terror attack in Bali, and she was arrested. Following further investigations, the Indonesian Police (Polri) stated that the JAD was behind the attack.


2019 Medan suicide bombing, Reactions
Following the attack, Polri launched several raids in parts of the country, and a week after the attack reported that 74 terror suspects had been apprehended - more than half of which were arrested outside North Sumatra. The Densus 88 shot dead two alleged bomb assemblers following an ambush in Deli Serdang Regency. Some of the suspects were known to have been attending training camps in Karo Regency, and weapons including improvised firearms, airsoft guns, traditional blades, and bows were confiscated.


2019 Medan suicide bombing, Reactions
President of Indonesia Joko Widodo ordered for the perpetrators of the attack to be investigated and apprehended. Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly Zulkifli Hasan commented that Polri had been caught off guard by the attack, as with the attack on security minister Wiranto.


2019 Medina bus crash
On 16 October 2019, there was a bus crash near Medina, Saudi Arabia. Authorities have given no immediate cause for the crash.


2019 Medina bus crash, The incident
At around 7 pm local time on 16 October 2019, a chartered bus carrying Asian and Arab nationals collided with an excavator on Hijra road, 170 km from Madinah and crashed. The bus was engulfed in flames with its windows blown out.


2019 Medina bus crash, Victims
Thirty-five pilgrims were killed and four others were injured. The injured have been transferred to Al-Hamna Hospital.


2019 Mediterranean Athletics U23 Indoor Championships
The 2019 Mediterranean Athletics U23 Indoor Championships was an athletics competition which was held in Miramas, France, 19 January 2019. A total of 16 events were contested, of which 8 by male and 8 by female athletes.


2019 Mediterranean Beach Games
The 2019 Mediterranean Beach Games (Greek: Μεσογειακοί Παράκτιοι Αγώνες 2019) is the second edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games. It was held from 25 to 31 August 2019 in Patras, Greece.


2019 Mediterranean Beach Games, Host city selection
The Greek city of Patras was elected as host city of the second edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games (2019) during the ordinary General Assembly of the ICMG which was held in 2017 at Tarragona, Spain.


2019 Mediterranean Beach Games, Participating nations
26 member nations of the International Committee for the Mediterranean Games competed in the II Mediterranean Beach Games. To the countries that participated in 2015 there was  an addition of two more: Portugal and Kosovo.


2019 Mediterranean Beach Games, Medal table
Final medal standings are shown below, information from official website of 2019 Mediterranean Beach Games for 55 events. One share gold and one shared silver in finswimming.


2019 Medway Council election
Elections to Medway Council were  held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. The elections were for all 55 councillors across 22 wards.


2019 Medway Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


2019 Medway Council election, Ward results
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. A total of 199 candidates stood for the 55 seats available.


2019 Medway Council election, Ward results, Gillingham South
Les Wicks was elected as a Conservative councillor in Rainham South in 2015.


2019 Medway Council election, Ward results, Luton and Wayfield
Sam Craven was elected as a Labour councillor in 2015. Mike Franklin was elected as a Conservative councillor in 2015.


2019 Medway Council election, Ward results, Peninsula
Mick Pendergast was elected as a UKIP councillor in 2015.


2019 Medway Council election, Ward results, Twydall
Mark Joy was elected as a UKIP councillor in Strood South in 2015.


2019 Meerbusch Challenger
The 2019 Meerbusch Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Meerbusch, Germany, between 12 and 18 August 2019.


2019 Meerbusch Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Meerbusch Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:


2019 Meerbusch Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Meerbusch Challenger – Doubles
In the doubles of the 2019 Meerbusch Challenger tennis competition, David Pérez Sanz and Mark Vervoort were the defending champions but only Vervoort chose to defend his title, partnering Íñigo Cervantes. Vervoort lost in the first round to Sander Arends and David Pel.


2019 Meerbusch Challenger – Doubles
Andre Begemann and Florin Mergea won the title after defeating Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan 7–6(7–1), 6–7(4–7), [10–3] in the final.


2019 Meerbusch Challenger – Singles
Filip Horanský was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Meerbusch Challenger – Singles
Pedro Sousa won the title after defeating Peđa Krstin 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3 in the final.


2019 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat
The 2019 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat was the 12th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Rabat, Morocco. Held on 16 June at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, it was the sixth leg of the 2019 IAAF Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit. 21 events were held with 13 of them being point-earning Diamond League disciplines. The other events were held primarily for Moroccan nationals except for the men's 1500 m and 5000 m.


2019 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat
One of the highest quality events of the night was the women's 1500 m, won by world record holder Genzebe Dibaba in a meeting record and world leading time of 3:55.47, ahead of Sifan Hassan who record the fastest losing time in history of 3:55.93 which was also a Dutch record. Diamond League leader Gudaf Tsegay finished third in a personal best time of 3:57.40, with the next eight runners also setting personal bests, with the exception of seventh-place Jenny Simpson who recorded the last sub-4:00.00 time (3:59.83). National records were set by fourth-place Moroccan Rababe Arafi and sixth-place Ugandan Winnie Nanyondo, with times of 3:58.84 and 3:59.56 respectively. In other women's events, Sandi Morris and Yaimé Pérez set meeting records in the pole vault (4.82 m) and the discus throw (68.28 m) respectively.


2019 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat
On the men's side of the competition, Fedrick Dacres, who already set the discus throw meeting record with a mark of 68.71 m in the second round, was initially disqualified in the third round for supposedly stepping outside the throwing ring; However, Dacres protested the ruling and requested that his throw be measured, which was determined to be 70.78 m. A review of the footage showed that Dacres had not stepped outside the ring, and he was given the win with his throw being a new world leading mark, Diamond League record, meeting record, Jamaican record, personal best, and the first over 70 m throw on the African continent.


2019 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat
In the 110 m hurdles reigning Olympic and world champion Omar McLeod lead from the start with Sergey Shubenkov trailing until McLeod hit the last hurdle, which sent him crashing into Shubenkov who also lost his balance. Despite this, Shubenkov was able to finish first with a dive to the finish line, and was still able to match the meeting record of 13.12 seconds. Getnet Wale also won a close race in the 3000 m steeplechase with teammate Chala Beyo, finishing in a world leading time and Ethiopian record of 8:06.01.


2019 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, Diamond League results
Athletes competing in the Diamond League disciplines earned extra compensation and points which went towards qualifying for one of two Diamond League finals (either Zürich or Brussels depending on the discipline). First place earned 8 points, with each step down in place earning one less point than the previous, until no points are awarded in 9th place or lower.


2019 Meeting de Paris
The 2019 Meeting de Paris was the 25th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Paris, France. Held on 24 August 2019 at the Stade Sébastien Charléty, it was the twelfth leg of the 2019 IAAF Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit. This was the first time the meeting was held on the stadium's renovated blue running track.


2019 Meeting de Paris
Despite no world-leading performances, three meeting records were set at the competition, all in the men's section. American Noah Lyles improved on Usain Bolt's time in the 200 metres with his finish in 19.65 seconds, another American Will Claye had a triple jump of 18.06 m to better Jonathan Edwards's former mark, and New Zealand's Tom Walsh set a new standard in the shot put with 22.44 m (73 ft 7+1⁄4 in). Further to this, two national records were improved during the competition.


2019 Meeting de Paris
In the men's 1500 metres, Ronald Musagala gave a fast finish to equal the Ugandan record of 3:30.58 minutes, while in the women's pole vault Alysha Newman set a Canadian record of 4.82 m (15 ft 9+3⁄4 in). These performances by Musagala and Newman were their first career wins on the Diamond League.


2019 Meistriliiga
The 2019 Meistriliiga (known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs. The season began on 8 March 2019 and concluded on 9 November 2019. Nõmme Kalju were the defending champions. Flora won their 12th Meistriliiga title.


2019 Meistriliiga, Teams
Ten teams competed in the league, nine sides from the 2018 season and 2018 Esiliiga champions Maardu Linnameeskond. Vaprus were relegated at the end of the 2018 season after finishing in the bottom of the table. Maardu Linnameeskond made their Meistriliiga debut having previously declined promotion after winning the 2017 Esiliiga. Kuressaare retained their Meistriliiga spot after winning a relegation playoff against Esiliiga runners-up Elva.


2019 Meistriliiga, League table, Relegation play-offs
At season's end Kuressaare, the ninth place club, participated in a two-legged play-off with the runners-up (of independent teams) of the 2019 Esiliiga, Vaprus, for the spot in 2020 Meistriliiga.


2019 Meistriliiga, Results
Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice away. A total of 180 matches were played, with 36 matches by each team.


2019 Meitar Open
The 2019 Meitar Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Meitar, Israel between 9 and 15 September 2019.


2019 Meitar Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Meitar Open – Doubles
Sofya Lansere and Kamilla Rakhimova won the title, defeating Anastasia Gasanova and Valeriya Strakhova in the final, 4–6, 6–4, [10–3].


2019 Meitar Open – Singles
Clara Tauson won the title, defeating Katharina Hobgarski in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1.


2019 Melaka United season
The 2019 season was Melaka United Soccer Association's 96th season in club history and 3rd season in the Malaysia Super League.


2019 Melbourne 400
The 2019 Melbourne 400 (known for sponsorship purposes as the Beaurepaires Melbourne 400) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held as a support event to the 2019 Australian Grand Prix from 14 March to 17 March 2019. It was held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and consisted of two races of 70 kilometres and two races of 130 kilometres. It was the second event of fifteen in the 2019 Supercars Championship and the second running of the Melbourne 400 event.


2019 Melbourne 400
Tickford Racing's Chaz Mostert won the Larry Perkins Trophy for accumulating the most points over the weekend. The event saw the running of the 1,000th Australian Touring Car Championship race in Race 4, won by DJR Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin. McLaughlin claimed three pole positions and three race wins across the weekend, with the new-for-2019 Ford Mustang GT proving dominant. McLaughlin left the event continuing to hold his championship lead over Jamie Whincup by 31 points.


2019 Melbourne 400, Report, Background
This event was the second of fifteen in the 2019 Supercars Championship and the second running of the Melbourne 400. Defending series champion Scott McLaughlin held the championship lead entering the event after winning both races at the Adelaide 500.


2019 Melbourne 400, Report, Practice
Two 30-minute practice sessions were held prior to qualifying on Thursday. Chaz Mostert was fastest in the first session with a margin of 0.4s over Anton de Pasquale with a time of 1:55.5743s. The second session saw DJR Team Penske claim the first two positions with Scott McLaughlin setting a time of 1:54.5518, 0.2s faster than teammate Fabian Coulthard and 0.6s clear of Mostert.


2019 Melbourne 400, Report, Qualifying
Four 10-minute qualifying sessions were held to decide the grid for each race. Qualifying for Races 3 and 4 was held on Thursday afternoon with McLaughlin claiming pole position for both races. McLaughlin's time of 1:53.8280s in qualifying for Race 3 was a new Supercars lap record, beating teammate Fabian Coulthard's previous lap record by 0.6s. Mostert was left just 22nd in the first session after infringing track limits on his first flying lap. He recovered in qualifying for Race 4 to be second, 0.128s slower than McLaughlin's best time of 1:54.2643s. Jamie Whincup qualified 3rd, ahead of the Ford Mustangs of Cameron Waters, Coulthard and Will Davison.


2019 Melbourne 400, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying for Races 5 and 6 was held early Friday afternoon. McLaughlin claimed his 50th career pole position for Race 5 with a time of 1:53.9990s, 0.5s clear of Waters. Shane van Gisbergen was left 12th after making a mistake at the penultimate corner on his second flying lap. Qualifying for Race 6 saw Mostert pip McLaughlin by 0.08s with a time of 1:54.2783s to claim his first pole position since the 2017 Vodafone Gold Coast 600. Whincup qualified 3rd ahead of Waters and van Gisbergen.


2019 Melbourne 400, Report, Race 3
Race 3 was held on Friday afternoon and consisted of 130 kilometres and 25 laps. McLaughlin converted from his pole position to finish unchallenged ahead of Coulthard and Waters, leading home an all-Mustang top 5. Mostert recovered from his 22nd starting position to finish 5th ahead of the best placed Holden of Tim Slade and James Courtney. Van Gisbergen retired from the race after an engine failure while running fourth with four laps remaining.


2019 Melbourne 400, Report, Race 3
A post-race investigation into a pitlane incident in which a tyre from Scott Pye's car was collected by Nick Percat during pitstops on lap 10 resulted in Walkinshaw Andretti United receiving a penalty of 30 team championship points and a fine of $3,000. Rick Kelly received a post-race 43-second time penalty, demoting him to 22nd, after his car was released from the pit bay into the path of James Golding.


2019 Melbourne 400, Report, Race 4
Race 4 was held early Saturday afternoon and consisted of 70 kilometres and 13 laps. This race was notable as the 1,000th Australian Touring Car Championship race held. McLaughlin led from start to finish to continue his perfect streak of victories, with Mostert in second and Waters in third. Mostert started second but found himself fourth after passes by Waters and Whincup on the opening lap. He recovered to 2nd after passing Whincup on lap 4 and Waters on lap 9.


2019 Melbourne 400, Report, Race 4
James Golding received a 5-second time penalty for failing to leave racing room for Andre Heimgartner at the end of the first lap. His Garry Rogers Motorsport teammate Richie Stanaway received the same penalty after a post-race investigation found him guilty of careless driving after contact with Lee Holdsworth. Todd Hazelwood was investigated for twice cutting the Turn 11/Turn 12 complex, but was cleared due to damage from contact with Percat.


2019 Melbourne 400, Report, Race 5
Race 5 was held late Saturday afternoon and consisted of 130 kilometres and 25 laps. The race started in bizarre circumstances after an out-lap crash between polesitter McLaughlin and second-place qualifier Waters resulted in neither driver starting the race. The incident left Brad Jones Racing's Percat and Slade as the new highest-placed starters. Slade led from the line but was passed by Whincup at Turn 13 on the opening lap. Slade and Percat then made contact at Turn 15, resulting in Percat being escorted wide and falling to seventh.


2019 Melbourne 400, Report, Race 5
Whincup continued to extend his race lead while Slade fell under pressure from Mostert. Mostert undercut Slade during pitstops and began to pressure Whincup for the effective race lead, eventually passing on lap 14. Mostert continued to extend his lead until a Safety Car was called on lap 20 after van Gisbergen's car lost a wheel. Mostert held the race lead as the race restarted with four laps to go and won the race from Whincup and Slade. David Reynolds finished in fourth ahead of Coulthard and Walkinshaw Andretti United drivers Pye and Courtney. van Gisbergen was classified 22nd and 2 laps down after repairs to his car.


2019 Melbourne 400, Report, Race 5
Triple Eight Race Engineering were fined $5,000 and docked 30 teams' championship points as a result of van Gisbergen's wheel loss. Will Davison received a 5 second time penalty, demoting him to 10th, for failing to leave racing room while battling James Golding at Turn 3 on lap 3. Incidents between Lee Holdsworth and Richie Stanaway were the subject of a post-race investigation. The two drivers first made contact on lap 1, with Stanaway then making contact with the rear of Holdsworth's car on lap 3. Stewards charged Stanaway with dangerous driving and he was disqualified, fined $10,000 and forced to start Race 6 from pitlane.


2019 Melbourne 400, Report, Race 6
Race 6 was held on Sunday afternoon and consisted of 70 kilometres and 13 laps. The race did not meet the scheduled race distance due to time certainty and finished after 11 laps. The race was won by McLaughlin, leading from start to finish from second on the grid. Polesitter Mostert finished 2nd and Whincup finished 3rd. Van Gisbergen was given a 15-second time penalty after contact with Coulthard at Turn 13 on lap 2. Coulthard fell to 22nd after the contact, recovering to 15th position.


2019 Melbourne 400, Report, Race 6
The Safety Car was called after a crash between Garry Jacobson and Macauley Jones on lap 4. The accident occurred when Jones was attempting a pass on Simona de Silvestro. Overlap between the rear of Jones' car and the front of Jacobson's car caused Jones to spin into the wall. The race resumed on lap 7 with McLaughlin and Mostert building a comfortable lead over Whincup before the race finish. Mostert won the Larry Perkins Trophy for accumulating the most points over the weekend, with 2018 Larry Perkins Trophy winner Whincup second in the standings.


2019 Melbourne 400, Report, Race 6
De Silvestro received a post-race penalty of 5 seconds for careless driving after a last corner pass on James Golding escorted him wide and caused him to hit the wall. Kelly Racing were also docked 50 teams' championship points after it was found in parc ferme that Rick Kelly's car did not have a SD card inserted in its judicial camera. Jacobson, meanwhile, was cleared of wrongdoing after a post-race investigation into the crash with Jones.


2019 Melbourne Cup
Master of Reality with Vow and Declare on the inside then Prince of Arran, Raymound Tusk, Finche. It's Master of Reality, Vow and Declare up on the inside, Vow and Declare, Prince of Arran is lifting late with Il Paradiso, Master of Reality just in front, Vow and Declare kicks, Vow and Declare's won it, for Australia, there on top of the world!


2019 Melbourne Cup
The 2019 Melbourne Cup (known commercially as 2019 Lexus Melbourne Cup) was the 159th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 5 November 2019 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse.


2019 Melbourne Cup
The race was overshadowed by recent news of the ill-treatment of horses in the Australian racing industry, and by the pulling out of notable celebrities including pop-star Taylor Swift, model Megan Gale, and X-Men actress Lana Condor.


2019 Melbourne Cup
The final field for the race was declared on 2 November. The total prize money for the race was A$8 million, an increase of the previous year.


2019 Melbourne Cup
The race was won by Vow And Declare, ridden by Craig Williams and trained by Danny O'Brien.


2019 Melbourne Cup, Broadcast
In 2018, Network 10 bought the rights to air the Melbourne Cup from 2019 to 2023 for $100 million, outbidding former broadcaster Seven Network.


2019 Melbourne Darts Masters
The 2019 Melbourne Darts Masters was the third staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, and was the fourth entry in the 2019 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players facing eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the Melbourne Arena in Melbourne, Australia from 16–17 August 2019.


2019 Melbourne Darts Masters
Peter Wright was the defending champion after defeating Michael Smith 11–8 in the 2018 final, but lost 8–0 to Michael van Gerwen in the semi-finals.


2019 Melbourne Darts Masters
Van Gerwen would go on to win his first Melbourne title by defeating Daryl Gurney 8–3 in the final.


2019 Melbourne Darts Masters, Qualifiers
The eight invited PDC representatives, (seeded according to the World Series Order of Merit) are:


2019 Melbourne Storm season
The 2019 Melbourne Storm season is the 22nd in the club's history. They are competing in the 2019 NRL season. The team is coached by Craig Bellamy, coaching the club for his 17th consecutive season. Melbourne Storm are also captained by Cameron Smith, who has been the sole captain for the team since 2008—making this his 12th consecutive season and  on 13 July 2019 he became the first NRL player to play 400 NRL games. On 31 August 2019 the Storm defeated the Manly Sea Eagles to win their 4th Minor Premiership.


2019 Melbourne Storm season, 2019 Squad
List current as of 24 March 2019(a): This column denotes the previous RL club the player was signed to and played first grade RL for. If they are yet to debut then this is stipulated. If they were merely signed to the club but did not play then it is not counted.


2019 Melbourne Storm season, Representative honours
The following players have played a first grade representative match in 2019.


2019 Melbourne Storm season, Statistics
Statistics Source:Statistics current as of the end of the 2019 NRL regular season (this table does not include finals matches)


2019 Melbourne Storm season, Jersey
On 7 February the Storm announced that the 2019 Jersey will remain the same from 2018 however with updated NRL logos and the new 2019 Melbourne Storm logo. In addition the jersey now features the new Storm sponsor Purple Bricks.


2019 Melbourne Storm season, Jersey
# Designed by Lenny Briggs. ^ Special jersey designed for Cameron Smith's 400th NRL game. ^^ Heritage jersey inspired by the 2009 home jersey; celebrating both the 1999 NRL Grand Final premiership and 2009 NRL Grand Final winning teams. & Women in League jersey featuring pink thunderbolts motif.


2019 Melbourne Storm season, Awards, Dally M Awards Night
Held at The Star, Sydney on Wednesday 2 October 2019.


2019 Melbourne nightclub shooting
On 14 April, 2019, alleged perpetrators Jacob Elliott and Allan Fares committed a drive-by-shooting, using a stolen black Porsche SUV, targeting the Love Machine nightclub in Melbourne, Victoria. This attack, which is believed to not have a specific target other than the nightclub itself, lead to the death of Richard Arrow and Aaron Khalid Osmani. Following the shooting, Victoria Police additionally arrested Moussa Hamka, whom is being charged with numerous offences including accessory to murder, possessing a firearm, stalking and other additional charges in relation to the incident. The three accused perpetrators have pleaded not guilty to all charges.


2019 Melbourne nightclub shooting, Motive
On 15 April 2019 Victorian Police made a statement mentioning their intention to investigate the connection between the shooting and Outlaw Biker Gangs. This claim was additionally supported by further investigation, with the two suspects Jacob Elliot and Allan Fares to have known connections with an outlaw motorcycle gang. The motive of the attack is greatly accredited towards revenge due to a dispute with one of the accused family members being ejected out of the club at a previous date. There have been previous reports of attempts from Biker Gangs to enforce "protection payments" upon the Love Machine nightclub in Prahran, Victoria.


2019 Melbourne nightclub shooting, Aftermath
Shortly following the shooting, 26-year-old Moussa Hamka was alleged to have hidden the 32-calibre firearm used in the attack in his bedroom. Following the arrest, his bail was revoked by the Victorian Supreme Court. Hamka's lawyers did not attempt to oppose the decision.


2019 Melbourne nightclub shooting, Aftermath
On 1 July, 2019, homicide detectives issued a search warrant for a home in Bundoora, Victoria. At the premises, 18 year old Jacob Elliott was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. Elliott was the second person to be charged in relation to the incident.


2019 Melbourne nightclub shooting, Aftermath
Allan Fares was arrested in the early morning of 3 July 2019. Fares faced two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. Although Fares is still remanded in police custody, his charges are still undergoing.


2019 Melilla Assembly election
The 2019 Melilla Assembly election was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 7th Assembly of the Autonomous City of Melilla. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in at least seven autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.


2019 Melilla Assembly election, Electoral system
The Assembly of Melilla is the top-tier administrative and governing body of the autonomous city of Melilla. Voting for the Assembly is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Melilla and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allows Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty.


2019 Melilla Assembly election, Electoral system
The 25 members of the Assembly of Melilla are elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which includes blank ballots—being applied. Parties not reaching the threshold are not taken into consideration for seat distribution.


2019 Melilla Assembly election, Electoral system
The Mayor-President is indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause requires that mayoral candidates earn the vote of an absolute majority of members, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly shall be automatically appointed to the post. In case of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.


2019 Melilla Assembly election, Electoral system
The electoral law provides that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors are allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors are required to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in Melilla. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election are required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.


2019 Melilla Assembly election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 13 seats are required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Melilla.


2019 Melon Music Awards
The 2019 Melon Music Awards ceremony, organized by Kakao M (a Kakao company) through its online music store Melon, took place on November 30, 2019 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea. This is the eleventh ceremony in the show's history.


2019 Melon Music Awards
BTS took home all four most prestigious Daesang awards of the night.


2019 Melon Music Awards, Winners and nominees
Only artists who released music between December 1, 2018 and November 13, 2019 were eligible, and the nominees were selected by calculating the number of downloads, streams, and weekly Melon Popularity Award votes achieved by each artist. Voting for Top 10 Artists took place on the Melon Music website from October 30 through November 13, 2019. Voting for Category awards took place from November 14 through November 29, 2019.


2019 Melon Music Awards, Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().


2019 Melon Music Awards, Presenters and performers
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.


2019 Melton Borough Council election
The 2019 Melton Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Melton Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Memorial Cup
The 2019 Memorial Cup (branded as the 2019 Memorial Cup presented by Kia for sponsorship reasons) was a four-team, round-robin format tournament held at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia from May 17–26, 2019. It was the 101st Memorial Cup championship which determine the champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The tournament was hosted by the Halifax Mooseheads, who won the right to host the tournament over the Moncton Wildcats. The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated the Halifax Mooseheads to win their first Memorial Cup. Mario Pouliot became the first coach to win consecutive Memorial Cups while leading different teams.


2019 Memorial Cup, Host bidding process
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) considered bids from the Halifax Mooseheads and the Moncton Wildcats to host the 2019 Memorial Cup. The Mooseheads had previously hosted the 2000 Memorial Cup, and proposed to host the event at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax to coincide with the team's 25th anniversary during the 2018–19 QMJHL season. The Wildcats had previously hosted the 2006 Memorial Cup, and proposed to host the event at the Avenir Centre which completed construction in 2018. On April 5, 2018, the QMJHL announced that the Mooseheads were chosen to host the 2019 event.


2019 Memorial Cup, Road to the Cup, OHL playoffs
The Guelph Storm won the J. Ross Robertson Cup as the playoffs champions of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). The Storm defeated the Kitchener Rangers in four consecutive games in the first round, then lost the next three games to the London Knights before rallying with four consecutive victories to win the second round series in seven games. The Storm lost the first two games in both the third round and the finals, but defeated the Saginaw Spirit in seven games and the Ottawa 67's in six games.


2019 Memorial Cup, Road to the Cup, QMJHL playoffs
The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies were ranked as the top Canadian Hockey League team for four months during the 2018–19 QMJHL season. The Huskies set a QMJHL record with 59 wins during the season, which included a 25-game winning streak. The Huskies won their second President's Cup as the playoffs champions of the QMJHL.


2019 Memorial Cup, Road to the Cup, WHL playoffs
The Prince Albert Raiders won the Ed Chynoweth Cup as the playoffs champions of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The Raiders won the championship series in overtime in the seventh game versus the Vancouver Giants.


2019 Memorial Cup, Event details
As part of a new sponsorship agreement between the CHL and Kia Motors, the South Korean automaker replaced Mastercard as presenting sponsor of the tournament beginning in 2019.


2019 Memorial Cup, Event details
The Memorial Cup trophy arrived in Halifax aboard HMCS Glace Bay, then was accompanied by players from the Halifax Mooseheads in a parade to the Scotiabank Centre.


2019 Memorial Cup, Team rosters
Rosters as listed on the Memorial Cup web site for each team:


2019 Memorial Cup, Tournament games, Championship game
The Huskies won their first Memorial Cup in franchise history with a victory by a 4–2 score versus the Mooseheads, watched by a sold-out crowd with 10,595 fans. The Mooseheads had led the game a 2–0 score in the second period, then the Huskies scored four consecutive goals for the win. Huskies head coach Mario Pouliot became the first person to win consecutive Memorial Cups with two different teams, and third coach overall to win with multiple teams including, Don Hay and Bryan Maxwell.


2019 Memorial Cup, Statistical leaders, Skaters
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


2019 Memorial Cup, Statistical leaders, Goaltenders
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds)


2019 Memorial Cup, Awards
The CHL handed out the following awards at the conclusion of the 2019 Memorial Cup:


2019 Memorial Van Damme
The 2019 Memorial Van Damme was the 43rd edition of the annual track and field meeting in Brussels, Belgium. Held on 5–6 September at the King Baudouin Stadium, it was the fourteenth leg of the 2019 IAAF Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit – and the second half of the final for 2019 (the first half being held during the Weltklasse Zürich in Zürich, Switzerland on 29 August). It was the tenth and last edition of the meet to co-host the Diamond League final with the Weltklasse Zürich; The Weltklasse Zürich will exclusively host the final in 2020.


2019 Memorial Van Damme
Because of the late World Athletics Championships, the Diamond League final was for the first time held before the World Athletics Championships in the same year. 16 Diamond League champions (8 men and 8 women) were determined and received wild cards to compete at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. 18 more events were contested outside the Diamond League.


2019 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner
The XVII Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner was a volleyball tournament held at Tauron Arena in Kraków, Poland from 1 to 3 August 2019. Like the previous editions, 4 teams participated in the tournament.


2019 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner, Qualification
All teams except the host must have received an invitation from the organizers.


2019 Memphis 901 FC season
The 2019 Memphis 901 FC season was the inaugural season for Memphis 901 FC in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.


2019 Memphis 901 FC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
The 2019 USL Championship season schedule for the club was announced on December 19, 2018.


2019 Memphis 901 FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
As a member of the USL Championship, Memphis 901 FC entered the tournament in the Second Round, played May 14–15, 2019


2019 Memphis Tigers football team
The 2019 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers played their home games at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, and competed in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Mike Norvell through the team's win in the American Championship Game, after which he left to fill the head coaching vacancy at Florida State. Offensive line coach Ryan Silverfield was initially named head coach of the team for their bowl game, the Cotton Bowl; the interim tag was removed and he was named the new head coach of the Tigers.


2019 Memphis Tigers football team, Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2018 season 8–6, 5–3 in AAC play to be co–champions of the West Division. They represented the West Division in The American Championship Game where they lost to East Division champions UCF. They were invited to the Birmingham Bowl where they lost to Wake Forest.


2019 Memphis Tigers football team, Preseason, AAC media poll
The AAC media poll was released on July 16, 2019, with the Tigers predicted as repeat to win the AAC West Division  and finish in third place of AAC championship.


2019 Memphis Tigers men's soccer team
The 2019 Memphis Tigers men's soccer team represented the University of Memphis during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 5. It was the program's 38th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 7th season in the AAC. The 2019 season was Richard Mulrooney's sixth year as head coach for the program.


2019 Memphis Tigers men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Memphis mayoral election
The 2019 Memphis mayoral election took place on October 3, 2019. Jim Strickland, the incumbent mayor, was elected to second term in office. The mayoral election coincided with elections to all thirteen seats on the Memphis City Council.


2019 Memphis mayoral election
The election was officially nonpartisan, but all three major candidates were members of the Democratic Party.


2019 Memphis mayoral election, Campaign
Jim Strickland was elected in 2015, defeating incumbent mayor A C Wharton and becoming the first white mayor of Memphis in more than two decades. His first term was marked by a focus on economic development, the removal of Confederate statues in the city's downtown, and controversy over the police department monitoring Black Lives Matter activists.


2019 Memphis mayoral election, Campaign
Strickland emphasized job growth and an increase in the number of police officers on the Memphis Police Department, while Willie Herenton and Tami Sawyer criticized the city's crime rate. Sawyer emphasized a generational change in leadership and her activism surrounding the removal of Confederate statues in 2017. Strickland was seen as the candidate of the city's business class and those satisfied with the direction of Memphis, while Sawyer relied on a base of young progressive voters and Herenton's base was largely made up of older black voters.


2019 Memphis mayoral election, Campaign
Herenton dismissed Sawyer as "a distraction" in response to concerns that she and Herenton would split the black vote; Sawyer responded by calling Herenton a "misogynist."


2019 Memphis mayoral election, Campaign
Sawyer faced criticism for an old tweet that was posted to Reddit in which she ridiculed a Memphis resident for crying over their recently euthanized dog. In mid-September 2019, further controversial tweets were unearthed from Sawyer's Twitter account, including one where Sawyer seemingly gloats about outing a closeted lesbian teacher.


2019 Memphis mayoral election, Campaign
Throughout the campaign, Strickland led in fundraising and advertising, and he was the only candidate to air television or radio ads.


2019 Memphis mayoral election, Results
The election resulted in a decisive victory for incumbent mayor Jim Strickland, who was re-elected to a second term in office with 62% of the vote.


2019 Men's African Olympic Qualifier
The 2019 Men's African Olympic Qualifier was the fourth edition of the African qualification tournament for the men's field hockey event at the Summer Olympics. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Stellenbosch, South Africa from 12 to 18 August 2019.


2019 Men's African Olympic Qualifier
The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.


2019 Men's African Olympic Qualifier, Teams
The following eight teams, shown with pre-tournament FIH World Rankings, were expected to participate in the tournament. Nigeria and Uganda withdrew before the tournament.


2019 Men's African Olympic Qualifier, Goalscorers
There were 87 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.8 goals per match.


2019 Men's African Volleyball Championship
The 2019 Men's African Volleyball Championship was the 22nd edition of the Men's African Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB). The tournament was held in Tunis, Tunisia from 21 to 28 July 2019.


2019 Men's African Volleyball Championship, Qualification
10 teams have registered to participate in the 2019 African Championship.


2019 Men's African Volleyball Championship, Pools composition
The draw was held in Tunis, Tunisia on 20 July 2019.


2019 Men's African Volleyball Championship, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.


2019 Men's Asia-Oceania Floorball Cup
The 2019 Men's Asia-Oceania Floorball Cup was a continental floorball tournament held in Biñan, Philippines from 7–12 July 2019. Matches was held at the Alonte Sports Arena.


2019 Men's Asia-Oceania Floorball Cup
Singapore clinched the title after winning 17–1 over defending champions Thailand


2019 Men's Asian Individual Squash Championships
The 2019 Men's Asian Individual Squash Championships is the men's edition of the 2019 Asian Individual Squash Championships, which serves as the individual Asian championship for squash players. The event took place at National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur from 1 to 5 May 2019.


2019 Men's British Open Squash Championship
The Men's Allam British Open 2019 was the men's edition of the 2019 British Open Squash Championships, which is a PSA World Series event (Prize money : 165,000 $). The event takes place at the new Sports Complex at the University of Hull in Hull in England from 20 to 26 May.


2019 Men's British Open Squash Championship
Mohamed El Shorbagy defeated Ali Farag in an all Egyptian final, which saw El Shorbagy win the title for the third time.


2019 Men's China Squash Open
The Men's China Squash Open 2019 was the men's edition of the 2019 China Squash Open, which is a tournament of the PSA World Tour World Tour Gold event (Prize money : 112 000 $). The event took place in Shanghai in China from 4 September to 8 September. Mohamed El Shorbagy won his second China Squash Open trophy, beating Ali Farag in the final.


2019 Men's China Squash Open, Prize money and ranking points
For 2016, the prize purse was $112,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the 8th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 28 July until 3 August 2019 in Cambrai, France. The tournament also served as a direct qualifier for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship, with the winner France and runner-up Russia qualifying.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
The hosts France won their first EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating Russia 4–0 in the final. Austria won the bronze medal by defeating Poland 4–1.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II, Qualified teams
The following eight teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in this tournament.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II, Format
The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification, Pool C
The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 76 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.8 goals per match.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship III
The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship III was the 8th edition of the men's EuroHockey Championship III, the third level of the European field hockey Championships organized by the European Hockey Federation.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship III
It was held from 28 July to 3 August of 2019 in Gibraltar. The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship II, with the finalists Croatia and Switzerland qualifying.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship III
Croatia won their first EuroHockey Championship III title by defeating Switzerland 5–4 in the final. The hosts Gibraltar won the bronze medal by defeating Portugal 7–2.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship III, Qualified teams
The following eight teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in the tournament.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship III, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification, Pool C
The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship III, Statistics, Goalscorers
There have been 110 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.5 goals per match.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship IV
The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship IV was the 8th edition of the EuroHockey Championship IV, the fourth level of the European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 7 to 11 August 2019 in Helsinki, Finland.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship IV
Hungary won their first EuroHockey Championship IV title and was promoted the EuroHockey Championship III.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship IV, Teams
The following five teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in this tournament.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship IV, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 28 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Club Trophy
The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Club Trophy was the 43rd edition of the men's EuroHockey Club Trophy, Europe's secondary club field hockey tournament organized by the EHF. It was held from 7 to 10 June 2019 in Wettingen, Switzerland.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Club Trophy
Cradiff & Met won their second title by defeating Stroitel Brest 4–3 in the final. The hosts Rotweiss Wettingen took the bronze medal.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup was the 30th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup, Europe's premier club indoor hockey tournament organized by the EHF. It was held from 15 to 17 February in the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
Partille won their first title by defeating the hosts Arminen 3–1 in the final, UHC Hamburg took the bronze medal and Amsterdam and Rotweiss Wettingen were relegated to the Trophy division.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup, Teams
Participating clubs have qualified based on their country's final ranking from the 2018 competition (Host is highlighted in bold).


2019 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification, Pool C
The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup, Statistics, Awards
The following individual awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship
The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 19th edition of the men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, the biennial international men's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Valencia, Spain from 15 to 21 July 2019.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship
This tournament served as the European qualifier for the 2021 FIH Junior World Cup, with the top six teams qualifying.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship
Germany won the tournament for the sixth time by defeating England 5–3 in the final. The defending champions, the Netherlands won the bronze model by defeating the hosts Spain 3–1.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, Qualified teams
The following eighth team qualified based on their final positions in the 2017 EuroHockey Junior Championships.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification
The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 107 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.35 goals per match.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship II
The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship II was the 11th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship II, the second level of the men's European under-21 field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 14 to 20 July 2019 in Plzeň, Czech Republic.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship II
Scotland won their third EuroHockey Junior Championship II title and were promoted to the 2022 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship together with the other finalists Russia.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship II, Qualified teams
The participating teams have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2017 competition.


2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship II, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification, Pool C
The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.